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There! Trapped in a jar,
A soft butterfly flutters.
She does not get far.
Her wings are like gold.
And her antennas quite black.
With secrets untold.
“O Whisper to me,
What the flowers do tell you,
About what they see.”
The bug remains sure,
She does not wish to answer,
Her huma...

I climbed over the fence,
And through the woods,
My heart singing,
With the birds.
Across grassy fields,
I flew.
Higher and higher,
Until only a speck in the blue.
Distant shores beckoned me,
Waves crashing strong.
The salty spray catching my wings,
So I could not go on.
Across sun-bleac...

As you go,
May your life be full,
Of laugh attacks,
And all the facts.
Pillow fights,
And rainbow kites.
Smiles,
That last for miles.
Beautiful dreams.
Bowls of ice cream,
With cherries on top.
May the fun never stop.
Soft kitty fur,
An accompanying purr.
A song in your heart,
Even ...

That song I was just singing?
It was nothing.
For nothing could express,
How I truly feel.
I’ve tried,
A thousand times over.
I’ve laughed,
And cried,
And screamed.
I’ve run,
And died,
A thousand times.
But only,
Inside.
Outside?
I am just singing....

Mittens,
On each hand snuggle.
Against the snow,
A splash of colour.
Does that one,
Match the other?
Snowflakes,
Drift lazily from above.
I wonder absently,
Where they come from.
How far do they have to fall,
Before they reach my tongue?
Hot Chocolate,
For when the day is done.
Ma...

I know you don’t see what I see,
But it is terrifying.
Chilling the very essence of our souls.
There is too much that can go wrong,
And it is just another.
Bringing us to tears.
Darkness is easily compared,
To the consequences it carries.
Becoming the most difficult lesson to learn.
...

Two things became immediately obvious as soon as I walked into the room. One, this was far worse than I had imagined. Two, the location of the garbage can in case I suddenly developed the urgent need to throw up.
I hesitated before stepping quickly across the floor. My footsteps were amplified...